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glance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of glance

an instance of looking especially briefly

  • she was about to say something rude, but her mother silenced her with a glance
Synonyms of glance

cast, eye, gander, glimpse, look, peek, peep, regard, sight, view
Words Related to glance

gape, gaze, glare, leer, ogle, stare

side-glance

squinny, squint

coup d'oeil

glance

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of glance

1 to strike and fly off at an angle

  • the basketball glanced off the rim
  • her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout
Synonyms of glance

bounce, carom, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip
Words Related to glance

brush, graze, nudge, rake, shave, sweep

bump, contact, hit, kiss, touch

sideswipe

reflect

2 to take a quick or hasty look

  • just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike
  • glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there
Synonyms of glance

browse, dip, glimpse, glint, peek, skim
Words Related to glance

keek [chiefly Scottish], peep

blink, squint

look over, peruse, rake, scan
Near Antonyms of glance

examine, overlook, oversee, question, survey

study, view

peer, pry

gawk, goggle, rubberneck

leer, ogle
Antonyms of glance

gaze, stare

3 to shoot forth bursts of light

  • diamonds glancing in the display case
Synonyms of glance

coruscate, flame, flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, luster (or lustre), scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink, winkle
Words Related to glance

beam, radiate, shine

bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle

blaze, burn, flare, glare, glow

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